TS Galaxy head coach Bernard Parker praised his side’s performance despite their narrow defeat to Mamelodi Sundowns.

The Rockets suffered a narrow 3-2 defeat to the Brazilians at the Mbombela Stadium in the Betway Premiership.

However, Parker believes a brief lapse in concentration ultimately proved costly, but remains confident Galaxy can learn from the setback and build on their promising display as the season progresses.

“Tough one, hard one to swallow, we had a game-plan, stuck to the game-plan, we showed tenacity, we showed the unity, and the main objective for us was to attack the space behind which we did well, got a couple of chances,” Parker told SuperSport after the game.

“We managed to get a goal, managed to get another goal on set-plays, which we worked a lot on, we scored last week on set-plays, we continue to get a goal again on set-plays but overall I’m proud of the boys in terms of how they conduct themselves.

“Just a lapse of concentration after being in front, we put in an extra defender to make sure we keep it solid in the central space of the field and then Sundowns added more attackers as well and they overloaded the sides and that’s where the two goals come on the right side for them to win the match.

“But I’m happy with the boys, the way they conduct themselves, just a little bit of lapse of concentration. I hope we will learn from this, there’s still a long season ahead and for us to build on this in terms of the way we want to play and how we play,” he concluded.